, 1887-04-23
TERRIBLE %IORNADOES.
Cyclones Deal Destruction in
Missouri.
Houses and Crops Destroyed
and Lives Lost.
Washington Notes Whitelaw
&Reid on Blaine.
Destructive Cyclones.

OOotI uCLlNC SyClODSb.
Sr. LOUIS, April pa dispatch from
Nevada, No.. says: A terrific cyclone
swept over the northern portion of this
Vernon) county last night about s p. m.
The cyclone seemed to come down Mar.
maton river from the Kansas line, deal
ing death and destruction wherever it
struck. Houses, barns and everything in
the line of the storm. which was about
half a mile wide, was picked up, rent into
splinters and cast down hundreds of yards
away. Trees were torn up by the roots,
over thirty houses destroyed and about
fifteen persons killed. A baby aged 3
years was dropped in a yard and was
found unhurt.
Reliable news has been received from
Usage township and it is thought that
the death roll will be swelled to over
twenty-five. A heavy gale passed over
this city and damaged the Methodist
church and other buildings, but none were
seriously injured.
ST. PAUL, April 22.2The sto I'm which
started in Montana Wednesday night
reached here this afternoon and is now
general throughout Minnesota, extending
as far west as Sioux City, Oak. Snow
and sleet driven by a furious wind has
prevailed and the temperature has sharply
declined. At Yankton and other South
Dakota points a heavy fall of snow is re-
ported, but the weather is now clear. In
Red River valley and along the North
ern Pacific the storm has cleared off cool.
1t is feared that it will still retard seeding,
already a week to a fortnight late.
FoRT SCOTT, April pa Monitor
special from Prescott, this county, reports
a terrible cyclone on Thursday evening
about $3.50 O'Clock. There were seven
teen killed at different points throughout
the country and an incalculable amount
of damage done to all kinds of property.
Prescott was literally wiped out of exist
ence, not a single building being left
standing to mark the site of a once pros.
porous and thriving village.
LITTLE Rock, April 22.-About 3
o'clock this morning a tornado passed
through this country four miles north and
along the line of the Little Rock & Fort
Smith railroad. 1t was between Il quarter
and half a mile wide, and near Ozark,
franklin county, began doing great
damage to property. Further east near
Coal Hill and GAINESVILLE, johnson county,
the damage was very great and many
persons were injured. The loss to farmers
will be very heavy.
GALVESTON, April pa Necs Bios
som Prairie, Tex, special says: At g
o'clock this morning a cyclone passed
through the town, doing heavy damage.
No lives were lost. The storm moved
north, passing through the town in about
four minutes. Nearly every business
house in the village was moved from their
foundations, and several dwellings were
unroOfed. Great damage was done to
fences and orchards in the country.
OZARK, April pa heavy wind ap
proaehed from all directions and the cur
rent met in the valley and passed up the
canyon east of town. A track SEQ yards
wide was laid almost bare. Timber and
all sorts of Improvements were blown in
every direction. General damage was
done to stock, outbuildings, fencing,
blooming orchards outside the immediate
track of the storm, while inside everything
was nearly a total wreck.
NEVADA, Mo-, April pa heavy
storm which originated in Kansas swept
over the northeastern part of this county
last night between s aud Q o'clock. There
were four persons killed outright and sew.
eral so dangerously wounded that they
will probably die. The wind was pre-
coded by a hailstorm, which did consider.
able damage. Considerable injury to stock
is reported from hail, but no persons were
injured.
Great many reports have been received
Of minor damages and the escapes of those
whose homes were ruined are almost mi.
raculous. At ; O'Clock this morning a
strong wind blew over this city, but did
no damage aside from the overthrow of
a few chimneys and small outbuild-
ings. A heavy rain at that hour was
attended by an interesting phenomenon
in the northern part of the city. Balls
Of fire seemed to be falling at an angle of
45 degrees. They struck the ground and
hurst into myriads of fiery fakes and re-
bounded several hundred feet toward the
east and died away. The exhibition con-
tinued for several minutes.
Mr.. A. +. MILAN, Washington D.. c.,
says Red Star cough cure cured his cough
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